In The News: 'Echinacea 'can prevent a cold"

A research paper published in the The Lancet Infectious Diseases has shown that echinacea can more than half the risk of catching the common cold.

According to the BBC, US researchers led by Dr Craig Coleman from the University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy, have found that:

"[echinacea] decreased the odds of developing a cold by 58% and the duration of colds by a day-and-a-half.

(…) In one of the 14 studies the researchers reviewed, echinacea was taken alongside vitamin C. This combination reduced cold incidence by 86%.

When echinacea was used alone it reduced cold incidence by 65%."

– 'Echinacea 'can prevent a cold', BBC News, 25 June 2007 –

You can read the Sleepydust Editor's personal review about the echinacea benefits when you have Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome here…

To read the full article at the BBC, click here…

So now it's over to you… what do you think of echinacea? Have you used it yourself? Do you find it helps prevents colds or flu?  Or have you found that it doesn't work at all for you? We want to know what YOU think!

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